Recent content by AnnCook

Fiona, the weather is......I don't know how to put it. sticky and hot then randomly freezing. Livingston's famous wind is refusing to blow right now.

Here I go again with the annoying questions. Just wondering if anyone has a good ice cream maker, peferably one that doesn't need a pre-frozen removable inside? What do you like about it, features, etc?

Understandably so. Just didn't want to cause more work for someone. Figured it was best to ask for clarification as I had gotten in trouble over my old recipe blog when someone claimed my recipe was theirs. Odd since I created it but dookie happens and all. Now it's a habit of mine to ask when...

The 10% rule is such a headache. Ran in to that one sharing Bible study online. I was doing a side by side comparison of translation vs reiteration and turns out 10% can apply overall OR 10% per chapter depending on publishing house. With Biblical references that means very choppy quoting and...

I buy up lots of book lots from auctions and estate sales. Consequently I wind up sorting through a good number of cookbooks which I scan into my computer to keep my shelves happy. Was wondering if I was allowed to share scans considering that most I find are now either public domain or out of...

They stare at me,the ramen. In their cute little bright packages, acting all innocent and delicious. But it's a lie.....A LIE. Although I admit that I do like those square Chow Mein lunches. When Smith's has a case sale I get a pack of 8 for like....4 dollars. If I buy it here in town it's...

The little bags of devilish ramen and I have a hate/hate relationship. He loves them while I consider them good only for a makeshift emergency raft or some other must have emergency use.

Mostly my reason is because if I'm out of the house and my husband can't cook something in 5 minutes he'll just heat up cup o noodles. This way he can toss it into the wok, add a couple chopped veggies and do it in 5. Plus, I have a very horrid memory and I usually forget to cook the simplest...

Ha, true! Just like if you go to China and order General Tso's Chicken they look at you like you have two heads.

My own weight in lemon iced tea and dill pickle potato chips.

This is going to be my first canning season and my husband surprised me a while ago with a nice big pressure canner. The only catch is that the only two people I know to have used pressure canners have filled my head with notions of exploding pots, fires and the great great great great auntie...

When I still lived back East I had a friend whose mother was Moroccan and she would have jar after jar of preserved lemon. If I remember properly it was just thin sliced lemon, lemon juice, salt and lots of shoving to get it all in to the jar. I don't remember her sterilizing or canning them...

Figured a double header would keep me from going too crazy with flooding the forums with question after question, but we'll see. Was wondering if anyone here could recommend a good dehydrator? Nesco seems to have lowered their quality standard for my friend's dehydrator lasted two rounds and...

I wound up buying an Aroma 20 cup rice cooker a few months ago and I love having the extra room. It's just myself and husband right now but I find that I'm usually making far more rice to freeze for later. My dear Aroma cooker was about 25 or 30 dollars on sale and has done just as well as a...

A quick hello from a noob. Just joined a few days ago and really hope to get into the swing of it all. I love to cook and make friends, very passionate about classic food. Lots to blab about, I'm sure.